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Sep 18, 2020

Six Illuminating Memoirs I've Read This Year

01 Leaving the Witness In Leaving the Witness: Exiting a Religion and Finding a Life, Amber Scorah takes the reader into her confidences...

Sep 10, 2020

Review of Beach Read by Emily Henry

Beach Read is a gem for your light fiction-escapism-pandemic-era reading list.

Sep 3, 2020

Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now, 9/3/20 Edition

01 Goddess in the Machine 02 Beach Read 03 A Good Girl's Guide to Murder

Aug 26, 2020

Review of Dear Emmie Blue by Lia Louis

ear Emmie Blue is satisfying, heartwarming escapism without inspiring any irritation at too-convenient or outlandish events.

Aug 23, 2020

Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now

Three Wackily Different Books I'm Reading Right Now 01 Dear Emmie Blue 02 Network Effect 03 The House in the Cerulean Sea

Aug 20, 2020

My Six Favorite Summer 2020 Reads

01 The Vanishing Half 02 Florence Adler Swims Forever 03 Blacktop Wasteland 04 Utopia Avenue 05 When These Mountains Burn 06 This Is All He

Aug 1, 2020

Six Captivating Nordic Stories

Six books in Nordic settings to knock your socks off.

Jul 17, 2020

Review of The Two Lives of Lydia Bird

Lydia had planned to spend the rest of her life with her fiance; now she's coming to terms with his recent and tragic loss.

Jul 14, 2020

Review of What You Wish For by Katherine Center

There are not many surprises here, but Center offers great escapism into a close-knit Galveston, TX, community.

Jul 14, 2020

Six Riveting Time-Travel Escapes

Jul 8, 2020

Review of The Happy Ever After Playlist by Abby Jimenez

It's an excellent setup for a romantic comedy of a book with enough heartache that your teeth don't hurt from the sweetness.

Jun 27, 2020

Review of When We Were Vikings by Andrew David MacDonald

Zelda has to figure out what it means to live her own legend. (I loved this book.)

Jun 7, 2020

Review of This Is All He Asks of You by Anne Egseth

Luna has a unique and lovely voice and is an irresistibly odd bird of a twelve-year-old girl.

May 2, 2020

Review of Where the Forest Meets the Stars by Glendy Vanderah

Joanna and Gabe are inextricably drawn to each other and into Ursa's magically imagined world.

Apr 20, 2020

Review of The List of Things That Will Not Change by Rebecca Stead

Bea and her friends-like-family NYC network of loved ones, including her therapist Miriam, are endearing and wonderful.

Apr 3, 2020

Review of In Five Years by Rebecca Serle

This alternate-reality story is really about loyalty and devoted friendship, and it doesn't fall back on easy resolutions.

Feb 15, 2020

Review of The Unwinding of the Miracle: A Memoir of Life, Death, and Everything that Comes After

This book is Yip-Williams's powerful farewell to her family, but it's also valuable for anyone considering meaning in their own life.

Jan 18, 2020

Review of Things You Save in a Fire by Katherine Center

This is a quick read that addresses serious matters—betrayal, loyalty, duty, trust, and love, with a little sleuthing and romance.

Jan 3, 2018

Review of Autoboyography by Christina Lauren

There were a million ways this story could have felt less real and messy and fascinating. But it was just wonderful.

Oct 2, 2015

Review of Norwegian by Night by Derek B. Miller

I only wished this were longer so I could spend more time in Sheldon's head and in his company. I adored it.

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